(1980 memoirs)
My biology class still stands out strong and clear. All the sections came together for the lecture by Prof. Groves. Year after year he told the same story, which was passed down by the sophomores, so we were expecting it and should have applauded. There was a frog who fell into a can of cream, but instead of drowning as he might have done, he kept on trying and trying to get out until finally -- guess what? -- the cream turned to butter, giving him something solid to stand on, and he gave a good jump and got out! This illustrated how fine a thing Determination is! -- only I think he said "milk can." But he might have said "cream."
Polly Kay (1904-1997) vividly and with humor describes her life in Richland Center, Wisconsin, in excerpts from letters to her son Skip written after 1949, including her 5 last years in an old folks' home.
About Me
- Polly
- A lifelong Wisconsinite, Carolyn Parsons (1904-1997)got a B.A. in English at Ripon College, taught high school, and in 1930 married Lorin L. Kay, a lawyer first in Milwaukee and from 1938 on in Richland Center (he died in 1970). Their children: Mary Margaret and Richard/Skip, editor of this blog.
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